Timeline of Frankfurt

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

• pre 475 CE – Roman town Nida was the capital of Civitas Taunensium and one of important fortresses near the Limes Germanicus
• 843 CE – City becomes capital of East Francia.
• 1180 – Staufenmauer built.
• 1241 – Judenschlacht – First of two pogroms of Jews in the city.
• 1333 – City expands.
• 1349 – Judenschlacht.
• 1360 – Schützenverein Frankfurt-Höchst (militia) formed.
• 1370 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1372
• Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of Holy Roman Empire.
• City buys forest from Charles IV.
• 1405 – Römer converted into city hall.
• 1428 – Eschenheimer Turm built.
• 1462 – Frankfurter Judengasse established.
• 1493 – Passion play begins.
• 1531 – Printing press in operation.
• 1581 – Rumpolt's cookbook published.
• 1585 – Bourse established.
• 1648 – Peace of Westphalia confirms Frankfurt as an Imperial Free City.
• 1681 – St. Catherine's Church built.
• 1719 – Fire.
• 1739 – Palais Thurn und Taxis built.
• 1742 – The Palais Barckhaus at Zeil in Frankfurt serves as residence of Emperor Charles VII until 1744
• 1748 – Gebrüder Bethmann formed.
• 1750 – Mainzer Landstraße built.
• 1759 – January: City occupied by French.
• 1774 – Botanical garden laid out.
• 1790 – 9 October: Coronation of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1792 – City occupied by French.

19th century

• 1806
• City occupied by French.
• City becomes Principality of Frankfurt, under Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg.
• 1808 – Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (orchestra) established.
• 1810 – City becomes part of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt.
• 1812 – City refortified.
• 1815 – Städel founded.
• 1816 – Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of German Confederation.
• 1817 – Population: 41,458
• 1829 – Frankfurter Kunstverein founded.
• 1833
• Frankfurter Wachensturm.
• Paulskirche built.
• 1839 – Taunus Railway begins operating.
• 1840 – Population: 55,269
• 1843 – (stock exchange) built.
• 1846 – International Penitentiary Congress held in Frankfurt.
• 1848
• September: "Uprising."
• Frankfurt Assembly formed.
• 1849 – Constitution of the German Empire proclaimed by Frankfurt Parliament.
• 1856 – Frankfurter Zeitung begins publication.
• 1858 – Frankfurt Zoological Garden founded.
• 1859 – Frankfurt City Link Line begins operating.
• 1861 – Population: 71,462.
• 1863 – founded in Frankfurt.
• 1864 – Population: 77,372
• 1866 – City becomes part of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia.
• 1867 – Frankfurt Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1868 – Eiserner Steg (bridge) built.
• 1871
• Treaty of Frankfurt signed.
• Palmengarten opens.
• 1872 – Trams begin operating.
• 1875 – Population: 103,136.
• 1878 – Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium – Musikakademie founded.
• 1879 – (market) opens.
• 1880 – Alte Oper inaugurated.
• 1881 – Metallgesellschaft founded.
• 1886 – Frankfurter Friedensverein (peace group) organized.
• 1890 – Population: 179,985
• 1895
• Bockenheim becomes part of city.
• Stempel Type Foundry established.
• Population: 229,279.
• 1897 – Frankfurt Motor Show begins.

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1904 – Museum der Weltkulturen founded.
• 1905 – Population: 334,978.
• 1907 - May: City hosts the 1907 World Weightlifting Championships and 1907 World Wrestling Championships.
• 1909
• Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus established.
• Festhalle built.
• 1914 – University of Frankfurt established.
• 1919 – Population: 433,002.
• 1923 – Institute for Social Research founded.
• 1925 – (monument) installed.
• 1926 – Alte Brücke (Frankfurt) (bridge) rebuilt.
• 1928
• Höchst becomes part of city.
• Großmarkthalle built.
• Polish Consulate relocated from Cologne to Frankfurt.
• Population: 551,200.
• 1929
• Frankfurt Radio Symphony formed.
• Holy Cross Church built.
• 1930 – IG Farben Building constructed.
• 1931 – Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion opens.
• 1934 – Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer established.
• 1936
• Frankfurt Airport opens.
• Grüneburgpark opens.
• 1937 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
• 1938 – Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts founded.
• 1942
• Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people dissolved.
• February: Forced labour camp established in the Heddernheim district.
• 1944 – Bombing begins.

• 1945
• 18 March: Forced labour camp in Heddernheim dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp.
• 26–29 March: Battle of Frankfurt
• July: American zone of Allied-occupied Germany headquartered in Frankfurt.
• Frankfurter Rundschau begins publication.
• 1946 – Eschwege displaced persons camp set up.
• 1948
• Hessischer Rundfunk begins broadcasting.
• Bank deutscher Länder headquartered in Frankfurt.
• 1949
• Frankfurt Book Fair resumes.
• Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde founded.
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.

1950s–1990s

• 1951 – Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt built.
• 1953 – Population: 600,579.
• 1954 – Goethe House opens.
• 1955 – Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport opens.
• 1957 – Deutsche Bundesbank headquartered in Frankfurt.
• 1958
• Noor Mosque built.
• Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt and Cinema Kino open.
• 1959 – (prison) begins operating.
• 1960
• founded.
• City twinned with Lyon, France.
• 1963 – Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
• 1966 – City twinned with Birmingham, United Kingdom.
• 1967 – City twinned with Deuil-La Barre, France.
• 1968 – Frankfurt U-Bahn begins operating.
• 1970
• Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and http://www.fat-web.de/?page_id=1780 founded.
• City twinned with Milan, Italy.
• 1974 – City-Haus built.
• 1978
• Rhine-Main S-Bahn begins operating.
• Historic Railway museum founded.
• 1979
• Europaturm built.
• Titanic magazine begins publication.
• City twinned with Cairo, Egypt.
• 1980 – City twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 1981
• Frankfurt Marathon begins.
• Museum für Moderne Kunst founded.
• 1984 – German Architecture Museum opens.
• 1987 – founded.
• 1988 – City twinned with Guangzhou, China.
• 1989
• City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).
• City twinned with Toronto, Canada.
• 1990
• May: City hosts the 1990 European Judo Championships.
• City twinned with Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1991
• Andreas von Schoeler becomes mayor.
• City twinned with Granada, Nicaragua, Kraków, Poland, and Leipzig.
• 1992 – (Institute for City History) established.
• 1993
• Westendstrasse 1 built.
• Deutsche Börse headquartered in Frankfurt.
• 1994 – European Monetary Institute headquartered in Frankfurt.
• 1995
• Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange founded.
• Petra Roth becomes mayor.
• 1996 – City website online (approximate date).
• 1998 – European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt.
• 1999 – Main Tower built.
• 2000
• Museum Giersch opens.
• Population: 646,550.

21st century

• 2001 – Metropolis (movie theatre) in business.
• 2002 – Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line begins operating.
• 2003
• Bikeshare program launched.
• (monument) installed.
• 2005 - Wikimania conference held in city.
• 2007
• Holy Cross – Centre for Christian Meditation and Spirituality of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg in the Holy Cross Church in Bornheim founded.
• City twinned with Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• 2009 – Zeil renovated.
• 2011
• June–July: City co-hosts the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• City twinned with Yokohama, Japan.
• 2012 - Peter Feldmann becomes mayor.
• 2013 – City twinned with Eskişehir, Turkey.
• 2014 – Population: 714,241.
• 2015
• Economic unrest.
• City twinned with Philadelphia, United States.

See also

• History of Frankfurt am Main
• List of mayors of Frankfurt

Other cities in the state of Hesse:⁽⁾

• Timeline of Kassel

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Published in 18th–19th centuries

Published in 20th century

• + 1882 ed.
• (chronology)

in German

• circa 1646/1655
• (bibliography)

External links

• Tourismus+Congress GmbH. Frankfurt City History